Other Views: Our newly efficient IRS

Posted: May 14, 2014 - 10:37pm | Updated: May 15, 2014 - 12:26am

Our newly efficient IRS

That’s quite some efficiency. Back in March, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told a House committee investigating the targeting of conservative organizations it “would take years to produce” all the data Congress demanded.

Now, just a day after the full House voted to hold former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt for her refusal to testify, the IRS told the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Michigan Republican Dave Camp, it will hand over all the Lerner e-mails related to the scandal.

We agree with Rep. Camp, though it never should have taken this long, it’s a welcome move. Whether or not Lois Lerner goes to jail or is held in contempt was never the issue for us. We want to know what happened.